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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-5-21
pubmed:abstractText
Fifty cases, 16 with sternocleidomastoid pseudotumor of infants (SCMPOI) and 34 with congenital muscular torticollis (CMT), were investigated by light and electron microscopy. The ultrastructure of the pseudotumor revealed that there were myoblasts, fibroblasts, myofibroblasts, and mesenchyme-like cells, which consisted of fibrous tissue and were regarded as fibroblasts only in the literature. The myoblasts showed the various stages of differentiation and degeneration. For those cases without mass, the collagen fibrils and fibrocytes were often arranged in tight parallel bundles in which some muscles showed normal structure and some with decreased myofibrillae. The mesenchyme-like cells and myoblasts found in the pseudotumor may be the key point to its pathologic characteristics.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0271-6798
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
18
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
214-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Sternocleidomastoid pseudotumor of infants and congenital muscular torticollis: fine-structure research.
pubmed:affiliation
Children's Hospital, Chong-qing University of Medical Sciences, China.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't